Hominidae - Research News and Information

Saturday, January 10, 2009

Mandibular fossa morphology in the Ngandong and Sambungmacan fossil hominids.

29 Sep 2008 There has been debate in recent years concerning the significance of the mandibular fossa morphology in the Ngandong and Sambungmacan hominids. These fossils lack a postglenoid process and their squamotympanic fissure runs along the apex of the ... Read more...

Hominoid seminal protein evolution and ancestral mating behavior.

29 Sep 2008 Hominoid mating systems show extensive variation among species. The degree of sexual dimorphism in body size and canine size varies among primates in accordance with their mating system, as does the testes size and the consistency of ejaculated ... Read more...

Assessing mandibular shape variation within Gigantopithecus using a geometric morphometric approach.

29 Sep 2008 This study provides a survey of mandibular shape in a sample of extant hominoids (Pan, Gorilla, Pongo, and Hylobates), as well as extinct Asian and Eurasian taxa (Ouranopithecus, Sivapithecus, and Gigantopithecus) in order to compare overall shape ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Hominidae'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Mandibular fossa morphology in the Ngandong and Sambungmacan fossil hominids. 29 Sep 2008
• Hominoid seminal protein evolution and ancestral mating behavior. 29 Sep 2008
• Assessing mandibular shape variation within Gigantopithecus using a geometric morphometric approach. 29 Sep 2008
• Neanderthal exploitation of marine mammals in Gibraltar. 20 Sep 2008
• Separating "us" from "them": Neanderthal and modern human behavior. 20 Sep 2008
• Paleoanthropology. Brainy babies and risky births for Neandertals. 10 Sep 2008
• Antiretroelement activity of APOBEC3H was lost twice in recent human evolution. 9 Sep 2008
• Neanderthal brain size at birth provides insights into the evolution of human life history. 6 Sep 2008
• A comparative quantitative analysis of cytoarchitecture and minicolumnar organization in Broca's area in humans and great apes. 30 Aug 2008
• Species identification of Oetzi's clothing with matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry based on peptide pattern similarities of hair digests. 30 Aug 2008
• Three-dimensional molar enamel distribution and thickness in Australopithecus and Paranthropus. 21 Aug 2008
• Gene duplication: red queens, linkage, redundancy and synfunctionalization. 11 Aug 2008
• Mitochondrial targeting adaptation of the hominoid-specific glutamate dehydrogenase driven by positive Darwinian selection. 6 Aug 2008
• Genome sequences from extinct relatives. 6 Aug 2008
• A complete Neandertal mitochondrial genome sequence determined by high-throughput sequencing. 6 Aug 2008
• The bipedalism of the Dmanisi hominins: pigeon-toed early Homo? 30 Jul 2008
• Commentary on "Pandemic human viruses cause decline of endangered great apes," by Köndgen et al., 2008, Current Biology 18: 260-4. 30 Jul 2008
• A rant on infectious disease and ape research priorities. 30 Jul 2008
• Disease transmission from humans to wild apes: perspectives on the costs and benefits of research and conservation. 30 Jul 2008
• A science-based approach to managing disease risks for ape conservation. 30 Jul 2008

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Technical information about 'Hominidae'

Definition: Family of the suborder HAPLORHINI (Anthropoidea) comprising bipedal primate MAMMALS. It includes modern man (HOMO SAPIENS) and the great apes: gorillas (GORILLA GORILLA), chimpanzees (PAN PANISCUS and PAN TROGLODYTES), and orangutans (PONGO PYGMAEUS).

Descriptor UI: D015186

Alternative terms: Hominidae; Hominids; Hominid; Homo; Pongidae; Apes; Ape; Hominini; Homininus; Hominins; Hominin;

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities; anatomy & histology; blood; cerebrospinal fluid; classification; embryology; genetics; growth & development; immunology; injuries; metabolism; microbiology; parasitology; physiology; psychology; surgery; urine; virology;

Tree Number: B01.150.900.649.801.400.112.400;

History Note: 89

Technical Notes: diseases: coordinate IM with PRIMATE DISEASES (IM); note X ref APES: diseases in an unspecified ape, index APE DISEASES (IM) + HOMINIDAE (NIM); extinct humans (Homo sp. other than Homo sapiens) go here but neanderthals are indexed with both HUMANS + HOMINIDAE